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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 22511

Bone cement is injected through a needle into a broken or weakened bone of the lower spine to stabilize it and relieve pain. X-ray guidance is used to place the needle and watch the cement fill the bone, and that imaging is part of the service. It is done through a small puncture rather than an open incision, usually with sedation and numbing medicine.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vertebroplasty, Lower Back cost?

$4,712

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,712 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$589 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,042 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $288 to $2,455
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $1,622

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Carolina· 18th of 51

$4,712

$1,622 physician + $3,090 facility

OK $10,373MD $2,367

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.